Wind Advisory Issued For Puget Sound Until Friday Night

SEATTLE, WA - Almost 12 years ago today, Puget Sound experienced one of the most destructive winter storms in recent memory. Friday's storm will likely not be as bad as the Dec. 15, 2006 storm - but things could get hairy.

Forecasts as late as Thursday night had predicated 60 MPH winds for the Seattle metro area, a figure that has thankfully been downgraded.

The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for the Seattle-Bellevue beginning at 1 p.m. Friday warning of high winds and plenty of rain. The most up-to-date forecasts indicate we'll get southerly winds between 20 and 35 MPH, and gusts up to 45 MPH.

"Snapped branches, downed trees & local power outages are possible. Make sure you are prepared!" the National Weather Service said on Twitter Friday.

The wind advisory ends at 7 p.m.

Caption: A car lays beneath a fallen tree on Dec. 15, 2006 in the Phinney Ridge neighborhood of Seattle. Heavy storms, with wind over 60 miles per hour, hammered the Pacific Northwest.

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